I will sprinkle clean water upon you to cleanse you from all your impurities, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you, taking from your bodies your stony hearts and giving you natural hearts. I will put my spirit within you; you shall be my people, and I will be your God. (Ez 36:23-28)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/081822.cfm
God’s mercy and compassion are inexhaustible. God makes all things new . . . including us: a new spirit, a new heart, a new people!
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Thursday, Week XX, Ordinary Time
